OTTO E MEZZO (1963)Fellini's 81/2 is a movie which contains almost all elements typical for modern novel and modernist style in general.
In the movie, plot is not based on the relationship between a human and his surroundings, but rather within a man himself. The conflict is transferred from outside world into the human mind.
The narrative of this movie is brought down to memories, associations, imagination. The movie starts with protagonist's claustrophobia attack in a traffic jam which makes him fly. Immediately afterwards viewer finds out that this was actually a dream. Associations which remind the protagonist of his childhood are oft-recurring in this film.
This movie is a story about creative as well as existential crisis in general. Since modernism did not consider movies as objective world outlook but rather subjective and authentic, this movie is abundant in autobiography. Director Guido (the protagonist) is considered to be Fellini's alter ego which Fellini use to represent his own creative crisis.
This movie is also auto-referential. This means that movie does not hide its techniques and editing but makes them obvious.
Besides these elements, this movie has so-called meta-film characteristics. This, basically, means that this is a movie about making a movie, maybe even this one in particular.
81/2 is an anti-narrative and lacking culmination. Guido himself says: "un film dove succede niente" (a movie where nothing happens).
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